Improvement in fountain-pens



W. A. SOMERS.

Fountain-Pen.

1 Patented Jan. 21,1879.

PETERS. M0104 wmGRAPNER. WASHINGTON o c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. SOMERS, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOUNTAIN-PENS- Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 211,482, dated January 21,1879; application filed June 14,1878. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM ANDREWS 'SOMERS, of St. Paul, in the countyof Ramtached thereto. Fig. III is a sectional side elevation of thesame; Figs. IV andV, detail views of the triangular plate removed,showing the method of forming it; Fig. VI, a perspective view, showingthe method of attaching the triangular plate to an irregular-sided pen.

This invention relates to that class of fountain-pens in which aquantity of ink is held between the pen and a metallic plate or strip;and consists in a triangular-shaped piece of sheet metal, adapted to beattached to any form of pen, in such a manner as to form a reservoir forholding the ink on the under side of the pen, as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, A is the holder B, the handle, and G the pen, which maybe of any desired form. D is a sheet-metal plate, made of a triangularform, and when applied to a straight pen, as in Figs. I, II, and III,the back edge will be doubled over upon itself once or twice, and thenthe fold thus made will be wrapped around the pen, with the pointa ofthe plate pressed down and resting against the inner concave surface ofthe pen, thus forming a reservoir, 1), for the ink, (see Fig. III,) theobject of the fold in the metal being to stiffen the plate and enable itto be secured firmly to the straight sides of the pen.

When applied to a pen having irregular edges, so that projections occur,the plate D will be attached by simply folding the upper corners oversuch projections, (see Fig. VI,) by which it will be retained in place.

By this simple arrangement I form a very cheap and convenient fountainattachment, that may be applied to any style of pen in a moments timeand with very little trouble, and with no alteration in the form of theholder or pen.

They can be very readily detached for cleaning or replacing, and can bemade of any desired size. The ordinary-sized plate will form areservoirsufficiently large to hold ink enough to write from twenty-five tothirty lines.

By being attached to the pen above the nib it will not in any mannerinterfere with its perfect action.

The plates may be made of any suitable kind of metal; but I prefer themof lead or gold, as being less liable to corrode with the ink.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, a fountain attachment for pensconsisting of the triangular metallic plate, D, having one of its sidesfolded upon itself, as shown and de scribed, to form a binding-rib, andadapted to be secured to a pen in the manner described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM ANDREWS SOMERS.

Witnesses:

O. N. WOODWARD, E. T. SoMnRs.

